Montgomery 'Gum' Turner (1866-1951) and Vessie (Parmley) Turner (1872-1960), photographed while sitting on the front porch of their home. Montgomery was the proprietor of first store in Banks and was a Trustee for the Banks Dairy Products Company and proprietor of a Tillamook dairy farm. Montgomery and Vessie moved to Banks in 1904, and lived out the rest of their lives there, raising four children and prospering in their business enterprises.
Portrait of the Turner family, including Montgomery 'Gum' Turner and Vessie Parmley Turner and their children Flonnie (born 1895), Herman (born 1897), James Carl (born 1900), and Nellie May (born 1902).
Photo of the first store in Banks, built about 1901 on North Main Street near Banks Road. Brothers Montgomery 'Gum' Turner (born 1866) and Ewell Turner (born 1870) founded the store, and Ewell ran the store for four years while Gum returned to Kentucky to settle his affairs and prepare to move his family to Oregon. Gum took charge of the mercantile business when he arrived back in Banks, about 1904.
